
Harry Morgan
Actor · Died December 7, 2011, aged 96 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor whose TV and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in MASH (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared as a supporting player in more than 100 films.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 10, 1915
- December 7, 2011 (aged 96)
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Actor
- 80 on MovieCove · 160 credits in all
What are Harry Morgan's films like?
Across their 65 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 5 · Wry 3 · Earnest 55
A split, not a type: Light 34 · Serious 15 · Dark 14
A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 7
Gentle 26 · Charged 30 · Intense 7
Steady 41 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 19
Slow burn 29 · Even-paced 32 · Relentless 2
Casual 39 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 36 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 10
Resolved 53 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 9 of 30 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Art Croft in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
- Allyas Hank Beesley in From This Day Forward (1946)
- Allyas Shorty in The Gangster (1947)
- Heraldas Billy Scripture in Moonrise (1948)
- Shadowas Innocence in Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
- Tricksteras Lew Hutchins in Arena (1953)
- Allyas Al Muntz in Champ for a Day (1953)
- Allyas Chummy in The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
- Threshold guardianas Judge Mel Coffey in Inherit the Wind (1960)
- Allyas Cully in Frankie and Johnny (1966)
- Allyas Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet 1967 (1967)
- Shadowas Sheriff Slade in The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
- Heraldas Olly Perkins in Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
- Tricksteras E.J. Crampton in The Barefoot Executive (1971)
- Allyas Inspector Richard Queen in Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)
- Mentoras Col. Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1972)
- Threshold guardianas Jesse McCord in Snowball Express (1972)
- Mentoras Jesse McCord in Snowball Express (1972)
- Mentoras The Angel formerly Roy Zerney in Charley and the Angel (1973)
- Heraldas The Angel formerly Roy Zerney in Charley and the Angel (1973)
- Threshold guardianas General Stilton in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
- Allyas Hugo Peavey in Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)
- Heraldas Robert T. Malone in The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
- Heraldas Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone in More Wild Wild West (1980)
- Mentoras Carolinus in The Flight of Dragons (1982)
- Mentoras Captain James Kemp in Sparkling Cyanide (1983)
- Mentoras Uncle Herb in 14 Going on 30 (1988)
- Mentoras Judge Bell in The Incident (1990)
- Allyas Judge Stoddard Bell in Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
- Heroas Judge Stoddard Bell in Incident in a Small Town (1994)
Moods and endings
- Happy36
- Bittersweet23
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Harry Morgan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 80 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).
- Inherit the Wind (1960) · actor · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) · actor · free
- Holiday Affair (1949) · actor · free
- The Incident (1990) · actor · free
- Madame Bovary (1949) · actor · free
- Dragonwyck (1946) · actor · free
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) · actor · free
- Not as a Stranger (1955) · actor · free
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) · actor · free
- Incident in a Small Town (1994) · actor · free
- The Partridge Family (1970) · actor · free
- +2 more
Subscription and free streaming for Harry Morgan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
160 credits, 80 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Bakari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Greenboy: Prescription for Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Love & Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Family Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

3rd Rock from the Sun(1996)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Jeff Foxworthy Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Incident in a Small Town(1994)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Grace Under Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Renegade(1992)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Incident(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
14 Going on 30(1988)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all filmsYou Can't Take It with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Dragnet(1987)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Blacke's Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Sparkling Cyanide(1983)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
AfterMASH (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The Flight of Dragons(1982)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

More Wild Wild West(1980)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Scout's Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Roughnecks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Better Late Than Never(1979)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Backstairs at the White House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Cat from Outer Space(1978)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Bastard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Murder at the Mardi Gras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Maneaters Are Loose! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Confessions of the D.A. Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Exo-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Shootist(1976)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Apple Dumpling Gang(1975)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Last Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Sidekicks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Charley and the Angel(1973)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Snowball Express(1972)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Century Turns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

M*A*S*H(1972)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Hec Ramsey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all filmsThe D.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Cat Ballou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Scandalous John(1971)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Barefoot Executive(1971)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Night Gallery(1969)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

The Partridge Family(1970)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Viva Max! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all filmsDragnet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Adam-12(1968)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Star Spangled Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Flim-Flam Man(1967)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Dragnet 1967(1967)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Frankie and Johnny(1966)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all filmsKentucky Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Richard Boone Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

How the West Was Won(1962)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Ensign O'Toole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Cimarron(1960)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Here's Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Pete and Gladys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Inherit the Wind(1960)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Mountain Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

It Started with a Kiss(1959)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Under Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Star in the Dust(1956)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Backlash(1956)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Bottom of the Bottle(1956)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Not as a Stranger(1955)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Strategic Air Command(1955)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
December Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

About Mrs. Leslie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Forty-Niners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Prisoner of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Far Country(1954)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Glenn Miller Story(1954)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Torch Song(1953)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Champ for a Day(1953)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Arena(1953)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Thunder Bay(1953)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Stop, You're Killing Me(1952)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Toughest Man in Arizona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Apache War Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

What Price Glory(1952)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
High Noon(1952)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
My Six Convicts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
The Devil and John Q (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Bend of the River(1952)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Scandal Sheet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Boots Malone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Blue Veil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Well (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Highwayman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

When I Grow Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
The Amazing Mr. Malone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Belle Le Grand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Dark City(1950)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Appointment with Danger(1950)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Outside the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Holiday Affair(1949)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Strange Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Red Light(1949)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Madame Bovary(1949)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Down to the Sea in Ships(1949)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Hello Out There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Yellow Sky(1948)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Moonrise(1948)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Saxon Charm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Race Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

All My Sons(1948)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Big Clock(1948)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Gangster(1947)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Somewhere in the Night(1946)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Dragonwyck(1946)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Johnny Comes Flying Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

From This Day Forward(1946)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
State Fair(1945)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
A Bell for Adano(1945)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Gentle Annie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Take It or Leave It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Roger Touhy, Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

The Eve of St. Mark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Wing and a Prayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Happy Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Crash Dive(1943)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Ox-Bow Incident(1943)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
To the Shores of Tripoli(1942)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Orchestra Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

The Omaha Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 160 titles from 1942 to 2024; peak year 1970.
Film career
Peak 1970 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1943Screen debut· The Ox-Bow Incident
- 1972Career best· M*A*S*H
- 1982First top-billed film· The Flight of Dragons
- 1982Career best· The Flight of Dragons
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Harry Morgan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 67; across their 63 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up32
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th17
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
44 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved12
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser44
- Broadly Agreed7
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 60 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Harry Morgan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Harry Morgan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Harry Morgan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Burt Kennedy shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Burt KennedyShared titles: More Wild Wild West (1980), The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979), Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)See all 5 shared titles with Burt Kennedy

- Anthony MannShared titles: Cimarron (1960), The Far Country (1954), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Thunder Bay (1953), Bend of the River (1952)See all 5 shared titles with Anthony Mann

- Norman TokarShared titles: The Cat from Outer Space (1978), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Snowball Express (1972)See all 3 shared titles with Norman Tokar

- Stanley KramerShared titles: Inherit the Wind (1960), Not as a Stranger (1955), High Noon (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Stanley Kramer

Writers
- William BowersShared titles: More Wild Wild West (1980), The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979), Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)See all 4 shared titles with William Bowers

- Lamar TrottiShared titles: Yellow Sky (1948), A Bell for Adano (1945), The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)See all 4 shared titles with Lamar Trotti

- Don TaitShared titles: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Snowball Express (1972)See all 3 shared titles with Don Tait
- James NorellShared titles: Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992), The Incident (1990)See all 2 shared titles with James Norell
Actors
- James StewartShared titles: The Shootist (1976), The Far Country (1954), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Thunder Bay (1953), Bend of the River (1952)See all 5 shared titles with James Stewart

- Jack WebbShared titles: Dragnet (1987), Dragnet 1967 (1967), Appointment with Danger (1950), Dark City (1950)See all 4 shared titles with Jack Webb

- Walter MatthauShared titles: Incident in a Small Town (1994), Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992), The Incident (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Walter Matthau

- Victor BuonoShared titles: The Flight of Dragons (1982), More Wild Wild West (1980), Better Late Than Never (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Victor Buono

Composers and cinematographers
- Jeff AlexanderShared titles: More Wild Wild West (1980), The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979), Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), It Started with a Kiss (1959)See all 5 shared titles with Jeff Alexander
- Alfred NewmanShared titles: Down to the Sea in Ships (1949), Yellow Sky (1948), Dragonwyck (1946), A Bell for Adano (1945), To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)See all 5 shared titles with Alfred Newman

- Frank V. PhillipsShared titles: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Snowball Express (1972), Scandalous John (1971)See all 4 shared titles with Frank V. Phillips
- Allyn FergusonShared titles: Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Allyn Ferguson
Producers
- Aaron RosenbergShared titles: It Started with a Kiss (1959), Backlash (1956), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Thunder Bay (1953), Bend of the River (1952)See all 5 shared titles with Aaron Rosenberg
- Ron MillerShared titles: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979), The Cat from Outer Space (1978), Snowball Express (1972)See all 3 shared titles with Ron Miller

- Tom LeetchShared titles: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979), Snowball Express (1972), Scandalous John (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Leetch
- Bill AndersonShared titles: The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Charley and the Angel (1973), The Barefoot Executive (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Anderson
Mixed roles
- Alan AldaShared titles: 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (2002), M*A*S*H (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Alda

- Richard CrennaShared titles: Better Late Than Never (1979), John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Crenna

- Charles F. HaasShared titles: Star in the Dust (1956), Moonrise (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Charles F. Haas
- Charles SchneeShared titles: Torch Song (1953), From This Day Forward (1946)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Schnee




